Chapter 216: Preparing for War
"Presumptuous ......"
"Nonsense......"
The short few words of T-shaped No. 3 stabbed the hornet's nest and made the generals of the Jiuyuan Army, who were originally in contradiction, jump up in unison.
The Jiuyuan Army, known as the first elite of Great Qin and established by the great general Meng Tian, would be afraid of those dirty and vulgar Hun barbarians? This is really the funniest joke these Jiuyuan Army generals have heard since they were born.
At this time, a rough voice suddenly sounded in the lobby like muffled thunder.
"This Lord Longwei, do you know how many Xiongnu barbarian heads have been killed by my Jiuyuan Army in the past ten years to defend my Great Qin Jiuyuan City? When did my Great Qin Jiuyuan Army fear the Hun barbarians? Those barbarians are afraid that our Jiuyuan Army is about the same, haha! ”
A man at least nine feet tall, wearing black armor and a bearded face, glanced at the number three with disdain, and said angrily. In the end, he seemed to think of the appearance of the Huns who saw the Jiuyuan army fleeing in the wilderness, and he laughed first.
In the end, he found that all the generals of the Jiuyuan Army in the entire hall, including the five dragon guards, were looking at him with a sick expression, which suddenly made the laughter of this strong general stop like a rooster choked by the neck.
The mouth opened twice, and when the strong general was about to say something to hide his embarrassment, he never thought that the number three of the T-shaped would speak first.
"Why don't the generals who command hundreds of thousands of Jiuyuan troops send troops to prepare for war?"
"That's because Your Majesty ......"
"Li Gang, shut up!"
A voice appeared at the right time, abruptly interrupting the mallet general Li Gang, who was about to say, "Your Majesty is suspicious of the general".
Seeing the eyes of the white-faced middle-aged man sitting in the first position on the left side of the hall, Li Gang's neck shrank, hid among the generals in the hall, and never raised his head again.
"Dare to ask the general, what did General Li Gang say about His Majesty just now?"
T-shaped No. 3 seemed to realize something, and his eyes suddenly became sharp as a knife, staring at the middle-aged general who had just interrupted the words of Li Gang, who had just broken the big mouth, and said word by word.
And the four dragon guards who had been following him all in unison touched the bronze sword on their waists. Five people and ten eyes stared at the middle-aged general who was sitting first on the left side of the lobby without blinking.
Obviously, these generals of the Jiuyuan Army seem to have a grudge against His Majesty. Are these generals of the Jiuyuan Army the emperor's courtiers or the princes of one side? Dare to arrange His Majesty the Emperor!
The five dragon guards did not hide the hostility in their hearts, and there was even a hint of killing intent in this hostility. It seems that as long as the middle-aged general disagrees with each other, the five will riot and take his head.
The generals of the Jiuyuan Army in the lobby didn't expect these dragon guards to be so arrogant, you must know that now they are in their Jiuyuan Army's lair. Do you still think it's in Xianyang? Such a blatant expression of murderous intent to Meng Hong, the cousin of General Meng Tian, the highest-ranking general of the Jiuyuan Army, is this treating his more than 100,000 Jiuyuan Army as nothing? Or do they think that they can ignore the Great Qin generals and titles by hanging up the waist card of the dragon guard?
How could the Jiuyuan Army ever suffer such a bird spirit? A little dragon guard without a lord would dare to treat an imperial general like this.
There was a grumpy Jiuyuan Army general's body moved slightly and was about to stand up and scold, Meng Hong glanced at it quietly, and the general of the Jiuyuan Army who was about to jump out suddenly shrank back, obviously Meng Hong's prestige in the Jiuyuan Army was very high.
"Lord Long Wei is serious, General Li just wanted to say that now Lord Meng Yi has just returned to Xianyang, and the general who replaced Lord Meng Yi to lead the Jiuyuan Army has not yet come to this Jiuyuan City. And we are only a member of the Jiuyuan Army, and it is a great crime to rebel without His Majesty's edict to recklessly transfer troops! ”
Meng Hong didn't seem to see the killing intent and disrespect of the five people in the T-shaped number three at all, and explained with a smile.
T-No. 3 looked at Meng Hong suspiciously, and then turned his head to look at the generals of the Jiuyuan Army. Although he had never led a soldier, he also knew that what Meng Hong said was indeed a reason, but why did he still feel that the middle-aged man in front of him who was smiling very kindly was insincere?
"Yes, General Meng is right. The last general is that meaning, that's what it means. The big-mouthed Li Gang suddenly popped up again at this moment, and his two copper bell-like eyes were glowing with cuteness.
Even the five dragon guards with blood on their hands, seeing Li Gang, who looked like a gorilla and had a beard, put on an innocent cute look, they all had the urge to gag.
Twisting the feeling of disgust in his heart, T-shaped No. 3 looked at the surrounding generals of the Jiuyuan Army. When these generals of the Jiuyuan Army saw the T-shaped No. 3 looking over, they immediately nodded like chickens eating rice.
Although there are still doubts in their hearts, at this moment, the five people of T-shaped No. 3 can only put their doubts in their hearts and leave them to investigate slowly later.
The reason given by Meng Hong is indeed objective, and no one can refute this.
Seeing that the five dragon guards who were desperate for the emperor finally gave up the exploration, Meng Hong couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief in his heart. But the current situation obviously can't really wait for the emperor's edict to be issued, if the people of Jiuyuan are slaughtered by the Xiongnu, I'm afraid they still can't escape to death.
Seeing the melancholy Longwei T-No. 3, Meng Hong's eyes suddenly lit up.
That's right, the five people in front of me are the guards around His Majesty, and they are all characters who can go directly to the sky, not to mention that the news of the Huns' southward movement was discovered and sent by them.
It seems that the bell still needs to be tied to the bell.
"I also ask the five adults to save hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians of the Jiuyuan Army. Meng Hong and the rest of the Jiuyuan people will be grateful. Meng Hong strode to the T-No. 3, bowed deeply, fell to the ground, and said loudly.
The entire lobby fell silent.
Meng Hong's actions not only confused the five people of T-shaped No. 3, but the dozens of senior generals of the Jiuyuan Army in the lobby almost didn't stare out when they saw Meng Hong saluting the five small dragon guards of T-No. 3.
The five people in the T-shaped number three are Long Wei who don't know Meng Hong very well, and they, the native generals of the Jiuyuan Army, know very well the surname of the right-hand man in the hands of this great general Meng Tian.
Full of wisdom and arrogance, he never pretends to be a color to those who look down on him.
Meng Tian's shogunate in Jiuyuan City (similar to the staff system of later generations, introduced above) was in charge of Meng Hong, who was Meng Tian's cousin. Meng Tian is an upright person, whether it is military or political merit, he has always only looked at practical things, even if the Meng clan people make mistakes and have no merit, they will not be promoted.
And Meng Hong is not only Meng Tian's cousin but also the head of Meng Tian's shogunate, so he naturally has his advantages. Before the current Longxi general Xin Sheng left, he was a man who was known as the right-hand man of the great general Meng Tian with Meng Hong.
If it was the commander of the Dragon Guard, Win Yi, Meng Hong in this Jiuyuan City, gave him a salute and asked him to save hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the Nine Plains City, and the five people in front of him were obviously all small characters in the Dragon Guard, and there were only five people.
However, in a moment, the generals of the Jiuyuan Army, who were already quick-witted, thought of why Meng Hong was like this.
"General Meng has tormented the villain!" T-shaped No. 3 and the four dragon guards hurriedly dispersed, avoiding Meng Hong's gift, and felt a little hurried for a while. "I'm waiting for Long Wei to die for Your Majesty, General Meng doesn't have to be like this, once he has the land of five of us, even if he is told."
Meng Hong laughed silently in his heart, waiting for your words. However, although his heart was already happy, his face was still miserable and miserable, and he even desperately rubbed his old eyes with eye bags and rubbed out a few tears, crying: "I and the Jiuyuan Army are willing to die for Your Majesty." At this moment, the brutal Xiongnu barbarian army is pressing the border, and His Majesty's edict will not be able to reach Jiuyuan at night at the earliest, and the general who replaced Lord Meng Yi does not know where he is.
Now there are nearly 200,000 ordinary Qianshou in Jiuyuan County, plus prisoners and slaves, and these people are all my Great Qin people. However, before His Majesty's edict arrived, none of us and the other generals dared to transfer troops privately. Once the Xiongnu barbarians enter the territory of our Great Qin, these unarmed Great Qin people will definitely be devastated. My 200,000 Great Qin soldiers can only watch the Huns barbarians and unable to fight, what can I do?
For the sake of today's plan, we are willing to accept His Majesty's punishment to deploy troops to prepare for war in advance to ensure the safety of our people in Great Qin. I also ask the five adults to testify for us before Your Majesty after returning to Xianyang, and we and the others are really forced to make this decision. I didn't have the slightest intention of rebellion. Please also ask five adults to do it! ”
In the end, Meng Hong lowered his head again and squeezed out a few old tears. The hand behind his back was swinging sharply, obviously to let the generals of the Jiuyuan Army behind him take advantage of the situation to add more fire.
"Please do it with five adults!" The generals of the Jiuyuan Army are not fools, on the one hand, they admired Meng Hong's acting skills in their hearts, and on the other hand, they had already begun to plan how to deploy troops in their hearts.
Looking at the group of generals of the Jiuyuan Army who were righteous and awe-inspiring, willing to accept the emperor's punishment and disobey the military order to send troops to protect the territory and the people, the five people of T-shaped No. 3 originally had a trace of mustard in their hearts, and they all said solemnly to Meng Hong and other generals of the Jiuyuan Army: "We will definitely show Your Majesty, and the broken bones will also prove the innocence of the generals!" ”
It's done!
The originally scorched lobby suddenly turned into a temporary combat hall.
As for dealing with the attack of the Huns that may come at any time, Meng Tian had already discussed many plans with the generals of the Jiuyuan army when he was still in Jiuyuan. Everything is planned.
Now that it has solved the drawbacks of facing His Majesty the Emperor in the future, as Meng Hong's orders were issued one after another, the huge Nine Plains Fortress suddenly woke up from its slumber, and instantly turned its waist into a hideous war beast.
A military order was conveyed to each battalion in an orderly manner, and one by one carrier pigeons flapped their wings and flew to various places around Jiuyuan, and one by one the troops drove out of the camp in an orderly manner to expel Jiuyuan City.
Everything was so orderly, neither the soldiers nor the people in the city had the slightest panic because of the Hun army. The good fighting qualities of the Jiuyuan Army were fully displayed at this moment. (To be continued)